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Oakland Athletics' Travis Buck, left, slides into third base on a triple as Cleveland Indians third baseman Andy Marte waits for the ball in the fourth inning in a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2008, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) less

Oakland Athletics' Travis Buck, left, slides into third base on a triple as Cleveland Indians third baseman Andy Marte waits for the ball in the fourth inning in a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2008, in ... more

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Cleveland Indians' Jamey Carroll, left, and teammate Grady Sizemore celebrate after scoring on a single by Travis Hafner in the third inning in a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2008, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) less

Cleveland Indians' Jamey Carroll, left, and teammate Grady Sizemore celebrate after scoring on a single by Travis Hafner in the third inning in a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2008, in Cleveland. (AP ... more

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Cleveland Indians' David Dellucci, right, gets back to first base on a pop fly by Travis Hafner as Oakland Athletics' Daric Barton tries to get a handle on the ball in the first inning in a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2008, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) less

Cleveland Indians' David Dellucci, right, gets back to first base on a pop fly by Travis Hafner as Oakland Athletics' Daric Barton tries to get a handle on the ball in the first inning in a baseball game, ... more

The Indians seriously considered calling Sunday's game because of the cold, but they did not, and after an hour delay, things got under way.

By the third inning, it was snowing at the former Jacobs Field and the A's, many of them wearing face-covering ski masks, appeared miserable, especially at the plate. Then they fell to Cleveland 7-1, ending their winning streak at five games.

"It wasn't a lot of fun. That was as cold as I've ever been playing baseball," said A's second baseman Mark Ellis, who is from South Dakota. "That was a bad day, but you still have to be professional and do your job. Obviously, we didn't square many balls up."

Oakland's innings were easy to track. The A's were set down in order in seven of the first eight innings. The exception was the fourth, which Buck led off with a triple. Ellis followed with a groundball single past short to score Buck, and that was Oakland's last hit until the ninth, when Kurt Suzuki singled off Rafael Betancourt.

A's manager Bob Geren noted that the strong wind knocked down a lot of balls; Bobby Crosby told him he hit a ball better in the fifth inning Sunday than he had his homer the previous night, but it wound up in David Dellucci's glove. Otherwise, Geren wasn't going to use the elements to explain his team's lack of offense.

"It was cold last night," Geren said, referring to the A's seven-run output. "It was cold today. No excuses. And both teams hit some balls that would have been extra base hits but turned into outs. Conditions were fine, just a little chilly and windy. No problem."

Indians starter Cliff Lee has faced the A's twice this year and he has allowed six hits and one earned run in 142/3 innings.

"He threw strikes," Ellis said. "You don't want to keep your defense out there in that cold. It was a tough day to hit, but give him credit: He's definitely a good pitcher."

Despite the 28-degree wind chill, A's starter Chad Gaudin pitched in shirt sleeves, saying afterward, "I've never been able to throw in long sleeves. It was cold, there's no getting around it, but everyone had to play in it."

Gaudin had allowed two homers in his first start of the season, Tuesday at Toronto, after coming off the disabled list four days early to sub for Rich Harden. On Sunday, he kept the ball in the park, but he had some location problems, especially in the third, when he hit Jamey Carroll and walked Grady Sizemore. With two outs, Travis Hafner dumped a single under Chris Denorfia's glove in center as Denorfia made a plunging attempt for the ball. Both Carroll and Sizemore scored.

In the fifth, Carroll singled and Andy Marte, batting ninth, dropped down a bunt that Gaudin collected on his second stab. He threw high over first, allowing Carroll to race to third, and Carroll came home on Sizemore's base hit to center.

Gaudin said he was a little erratic, his two-seam fastball running a little bit because he was flying open. He threw 108 pitches in six innings and allowed four hits and four walks, striking out four. Geren called it a "good, quality start."

Cleveland added four runs in the eighth off Rule-5 reliever Fernando Hernandez. Hernandez has had two poor outings and might be in danger of losing his roster spot if the A's prefer to hang onto Joey Devine in the bullpen when Harden or Justin Duchscherer comes off the disabled list.

Jack Cust, who is 4-for-35 (.114), was out of the lineup, though he was 2-for-6 with a homer against Lee in their previous meetings. In addition, Geren pinch-hit for Cust the night before against lefty Raphael Perez. Cust is 2-for-12 against lefties and 2-for-23 against right-handers.

Hitting coach Ty Van Burkleo has been working with Cust on regaining his timing. Van Burkleo said he liked the way Cust was swinging the bat when the A's were in Oakland but the ball wasn't traveling well there. Recently, he said, Cust has been a little too early and he has had a little uphill plane to his swing.

The result, Van Burkleo said, is that Cust has been "catching 'em where he ends up topping it, gets 'em on the upswing. He's working on it and he'll be fine. When he gets hot, Jack can carry you awhile."

Mike Sweeney, who has gotten the bulk of starts at designated hitter (10 of 13 games), has not struck out in 47 plate appearances this year, the longest stretch without a strikeout in the AL in 2008.